TYPES OF Auliya (Friends, Protectors, Helpers, Supporters)
According to Quran and Sunnah:
"O
you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as 'Auliya'
(friends, protectors, helpers etc.), they are but 'Auliya' to
one another. And if any amongst you takes them as 'Auliya' then
surely he is one of them. Verily, Allah guides not those people
who are the Zalimun (polytheists and wrongdoers and unjust)." 5:51

"O
you who believe! Take not My enemies and your enemies (i.e. disbelievers
and polytheists, etc.) as friends, showing affection towards them,
while they have disbelieved in what has come to you of the truth
(i.e. Islâmic Monotheism, this Qur'ân, and Muhammad
), and have driven out the Messenger (Muhammad ) and yourselves
(from your homeland) because you believe in Allâh your Lord!
If you have come forth to strive in My Cause and to seek My Good
Pleasure, (then take not these disbelievers and polytheists, etc.,
as your friends). You show friendship to them in secret, while
I am All-Aware of what you conceal and what you reveal. And whosoever
of you (Muslims) does that, then indeed he has gone (far) astray,
(away) from the Straight Path. 60, 1.

"Should
they gain the upper hand over you, they would behave to you as
enemies, and stretch forth their hands and their tongues against
you with evil, and they desire that you should disbelieve".
60, 2.

"Neither
your relatives nor your children will benefit you on the Day of
Resurrection (against Allâh). He will judge between you.
And Allâh is the All-Seer of what you do". 60, 3.

Indeed
there has been an excellent example for you in Ibrâhim (Abraham)
and those with him, when they said to their people: "Verily,
we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allâh,
we have rejected you, and there has started between us and you,
hostility and hatred for ever, until you believe in Allâh
Alone," except the saying of Ibrâhim (Abraham) to his
father: "Verily, I will ask for forgiveness (from Allâh)
for you, but I have no power to do anything for you before Allâh
." Our Lord! In You (Alone) we put our trust, and to You
(Alone) we turn in repentance, and to You (Alone) is (our) final
Return, 60, 4.
Certainly, there has been in them an excellent example for you
to follow, for those who look forward to (the Meeting with) Allâh
(for the reward from Him) and the Last Day. And whosoever turn
away, then verily, Allâh is Rich (Free of all wants), Worthy
of all Praise. 60, 6.

Perhaps
Allâh will make friendship between you and those whom you
hold as enemies. And Allâh has power (over all things),
and Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 60, 7.

Allâh
does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought
not against you on account of religion and did not drive you out
of your homes. Verily, Allâh loves those who deal with equity.
60, 8.

It is
only as regards those who fought against you on account of religion,
and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive you
out, that Allâh forbids you to befriend them. And whosoever
will befriend them, then such are the Zâlimûn (wrongdoers
those who disobey Allâh). 60,9

O you who believe! Take not as friends the people who incurred
the Wrath of Allâh (i.e. the Jews). Surely, they have been
in despair to receive any good in the Hereafter, just as the disbelievers
have been in despair about those (buried) in graves (that they
will not be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection). 60, 13.

Disbelieving
Relatives
O you who believe!
Take not for 'Auliya' (supporters and helpers) your fathers and
your brothers if they prefer disbelief to Belief. And whoever
of you does so, then he is one of the Zalimun (wrongdoers, etc.)
9:23
Hypocrites.

Then what is the matter
with you that you are divided into two parties about the hypocrites?
Allah has cast them back (to disbelief) because of what they have
earned. Do you want to guide him whom Allah has made to go astray?
And he whom Allah has made to go astray, you will never find for
him any way (of guidance). They wish that you reject Faith, as
they have rejected (Faith), and thus that you all become equal
(like one another). So take not 'Auliya' (protectors or friends)
from them, till they emigrate in the Way of Allah (to Muhammad
). But if they turn back (from Islam), take (hold) of them and
kill them wherever you find them, and take neither 'Auliya' (protectors
or friends) nor helpers from them. 4:88-89

Those
who take disbelievers for 'Auliya' (protectors or helpers or friends)
instead of believers, do they seek honour, power and glory with
them? Verily, then to Allah belongs all honour, power and glory.
4:139

O you
who believe! Take not for 'Auliya' (protectors or helpers or friends)
disbelievers instead of believers. Do you wish to offer Allah
a manifest proof against yourselves? 4:144

Awliya
for Muslims
Muslims Behold! verily
on the friends of Allah there is no fear nor shall they grieve.
10.62; Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil.
10,63.

As to those who turn (for friendship) to Allah His Apostle and
the (fellowship of) believers it is the fellowship of Allah that
must certainly triumph. 5, 56.

Those who believed and adopted exile and fought for the faith
with their property and their persons in the cause of Allah as
well as those who gave (them) asylum and aid these are (all) friends
and protectors one of another. As to those who believed but came
not into exile ye owe no duty of protection to them until they
seek your aid in religion it is your duty to help them except
against a people with whom ye have a treaty of mutual alliance:
and (remember) Allah seeth all that ye do . 8, 72.

Let not the believers take for friends or helpers unbelievers
rather than believers; if any do that in nothing will there be
help from Allah; except by way of precaution that ye may guard
yourselves from. 3, 28.

Verily, your Walî (Protector or Helper) is Allâh,
His Messenger, and the believers, - those who perform As-Salât
(Iqâmat-as-Salât), and give Zakât, and they
bow down (submit themselves with obedience to Allâh in prayer).
5:55
What
hadith says about Awliya Allah
The Prophet
(s) said, "'ulama ummati ka anbiya'i Bani Isra'il" which
means "the scholars of my Nation are like the prophets of
the Bani Isra'il." And the Prophet (s) said in another hadith
"al-'ulama warithat ul-anbiya," (Ibn Majah and Tirmidhi)
which means "the scholars are the inheritors of the prophets."
Therefore it is difficult to see a way in Islam which allows one
to discard scholars and scholarship.

Abu
Hurayra narrated that Rasool Allah (saw) said (hadith Qudsi),
" Whoever harms any of my Deputies, I shall declare war on
him. The striving of my Servant to please Me does not receive
a reward greater than that of fulfilling what I have commanded
him to do. My servant volunteers in his perseverance, offering
supererogatory devotion to please Me and to earn my Love. Once
I cast My love upon him, I become his hearing with which he hears,
his sight with which he sees, his hand with which he exacts justice,
and his foot that carries him. Should my servant pray for something,
I will answer his prayers and should he seek refuge in me, I will
protect him. Indeed, there is nothing that I have decreed, which
I hesitate to do for the sake of a believer except causing him
to experience death. He dislikes it, and I hate to displease him,
but I have thus ordained."

`Umar
ibn Al-Khattaab once found Mu`adh ibn Jabal (ra) sitting and crying
near the Grave of RasuuluLLah (saw). He asked him, " Why
are you crying?" Mu`adh said, " I remember something
RasuuluLLah said : "The slightest ostentatiousness is Shirk,
and whoever harms any of Allah`s Deputies has surely earned Allah`s
Wrath."
`Umar ibn Al-Khattaab (ra) said, " Some of Allah blessed
servants are neither Prophets nor Martyrs, they are special People,
who on the Day of Reckoning, the Prophets and the Martyrs will
envy them for their ranks and nearness to their Lord. " Someone
asked, " O RasuuluLLah , who are they, and what kind of deeds
do they perform so that we may love Them as well?" RasuuluLLah
said, " They are People who love one another in Allah, even
though they have no consanguineous ties, money to exchange or
worldly business to barter with. I swear by Allah on the Reckoning,
their faces will be effulgent lights and they will be raised on
Pulpits of Light. They will not be subject to fear when the creation
is seized by the awesomeness of the Day of Resurrection, nor will
they be subjected with sorrow when the rest of creation will be
seized by it." He then recited << Surely, Allah`s Deputies
are not subject to fear nor shall they grieve>> (Quran 10:62).

No
Muslims in Town to be Friends With?
Or have they taken
(for worship) Auliyâ' (guardians, supporters, helpers, protectors,
etc.) besides Him? But Allâh, He Alone is the Walî
(Protector, etc.). And it is He Who gives life to the dead, and
He is Able to do all things. 42:9 And whoever takes Shaitân
(Satan) as a Walî (protector or helper) instead of Allâh,
has surely suffered a manifest loss. 4:119